 Purpose
The goals of the UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and the UCSF/SFSU
Graduate Program are to prepare clinicians, researchers and educators
in physical therapy through dynamic academic learning experiences, patient
care and scholarly activities, and to provide evidence based clinical physical therapy, and wellness services.
The UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science supports
three academic programs with San Francisco State University.
UCSF/SFSU
DPT Program in Physical Therapy
prepares physical therapists who can apply the foundation of science,
general clinical observations and scholastic inquiry to the delivery of
high quality, culturally sensitive education, screening, evaluation and
intervention services including therapeutic exercise, physical modalities,
manual techniques (e.g. joint, soft tissue and neural mobilization), learning
based task and mental practice, mobility and behavioral training across
the continuum of age, disease, injury, pain and degenerative conditions.
Students become experts in the evaluation and treatment of patients with
movement dysfunction and are prepared to practice independently or as
part of a team in
- outpatient primary care sites
- physical therapy clinics
- fitness centers
- hospitals
- long term care facilities
- sports medicine centers
- outpatient hospital settings
- rehabilitation centers
- home
The student completes the DPT program, and may then sit for the
state liscensing examination.
UCSF/SFSU POST Professional DPT
Program in Physical Therapy supplements graduate learning beyond
the masters level physical therapy training to prepare scholarly clinicians who are able to integrate
research evidence, theoretical constructs and scholastic inquiry into
the delivery of high quality, primary and specialty patient care services.
The graduate is expected to be able to practice autonomously or as part
of a team and to integrate critical inquiry and clinical research to assure
the highest quality of care.
UCSF/SFSU
DPTSc Program in Physical Therapy prepares experienced clinicians
in physical therapy to become clinician scholars committed to teaching
health science professionals in physical therapy and building the evidence
base of physical therapy practice through independent clinical and translational
research.

The Department provides culturally sensitive, scholarly
patient care services within the context of a faculty practice. The faculty
practice integrates research evidence and specialty training, to deliver
high quality care to patients and serves as a center of excellence for
teaching physical therapy graduate students. The students also gain clinical learning experiences in community-based health care facilities
throughout California (125 sites).

The Department and the UCSF/SFSU
Graduate program in Physical Therapy facilitate innovative thinking
and scholarly activities in order to build the evidence base of clinical
practice in Physical Therapy. Faculty and students critique the research literature and collaborate in and lead basic science, translational or clinical research.

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